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| Summary: People come to Easter services in different circumstances of faith. John’s account of the first Easter presents three different responses to the empty tomb. Mary’s confusion, Peter’s ambivalence and the beloved disciple’s lack of understanding indicate that we can be on the way to full faith, even if we don’t show up for the Easter service with full faith. |
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| Summary: Easter is not a celebration of a past event; it is a fact of today. |
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| Summary: We think of Easter as a miracle, as of course we should. But as the Bible tells the story, Easter was inevitable. God said it had to be so. |
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| Summary: The empty tomb initially created a crisis for the first witnesses. They were surprised that Jesus was not there. Life offers us many examples of these sorts of sad surprises, and we must find ways to deal with them. |
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| Summary: Even though we no longer experience the breath-taking excitement of Peter and the Beloved Disciple at the news of the empty tomb, the resurrection gives us hope, feeds our faith and unifies us as the universal church. |
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| Summary: Today’s reading tells us that Mary Magdalene awakened on Easter morning “while it was still dark.” As the text goes on to explain what she does next, the reader learns that her actions and those of Peter and John are a template for how we often journey from dark to dawn to the full light of the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus. This is where we are today: in the light of Easter morning! |
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